What's the lowdown on Reverend gats?

Post by **olegmcnoleg** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:21 am

sizzlingbadger wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:04 am I had a Warhawk 390, it was a great guitar.

It surely is

The fixed neck models seem to have a thicker neck, so if that’s your thing, avoid the bolt on ones.

Wish I still had my Buckshot.

Post by Bg » Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:12 am

kdawg2a wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 3:34 am I bought a Reverend Manta Ray off BG and it was a lovely guitar. P90s, great look the only thing for me was the neck was a little thin. Great guitars and the hollow body that Slowy's posted pictures of, goddamn!

That was a cool guitar, but ultimately it felt longer than a bass and the shape just wasn't me, the whole hollow body sg thing going on.

TmcB · Post by **TmcB** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:33 am

olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:21 am
sizzlingbadger wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:04 am I had a Warhawk 390, it was a great guitar.
It surely is

The fixed neck models seem to have a thicker neck, so if that’s your thing, avoid the bolt on ones.

Wish I still had my Buckshot.

I second everything in this post

mr_sooty · Post by **mr_sooty** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 10:08 am

The necks have varied quite a lot over the years. My Club King, which I got around 2007 and is from the bolt on range, actually had a really fat neck. I don't like the necks too skinny but that one was really big and I actually had it slimmed down slightly. The first DA I got the neck felt prefect, just a medium C. The replacement DA I got, I could swear the neck is slightly skinnier than the first one and to be honest it's the one thing I'd change. I'd like a slightly meatier neck. Most of my guitars have skinnier necks than I'd like actually.

jeremyb · Post by **jeremyb** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 4:00 pm

They make some damn fine looking guitars, lots of chatter on the guitar nerds podcast about them...

null_pointer · Post by **null_pointer** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 4:38 pm

I’ve owned...

Slingshot
Club King 290
Jet stream 390
Six Gun
Buckshot
Gil Parris
Warhawk
Club King RT
Charger
Flatroc RT

Dollar for dollar can’t be beat. I would still like to own a Billy Corgan signature.

Post by **olegmcnoleg** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 4:45 pm

null_pointer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 4:38 pm I’ve owned...

Slingshot
Club King 290
Jet stream 390
Six Gun
Buckshot
Gil Parris
Warhawk
Club King RT
Charger
Flatroc RT

Dollar for dollar can’t be beat. I would still like to own a Billy Corgan signature.

Wow! You win

Which was your favourite?

null_pointer · Post by **null_pointer** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 5:11 pm

olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 4:45 pm
null_pointer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 4:38 pm I’ve owned...

Slingshot
Club King 290
Jet stream 390
Six Gun
Buckshot
Gil Parris
Warhawk
Club King RT
Charger
Flatroc RT

Dollar for dollar can’t be beat. I would still like to own a Billy Corgan signature.
Wow! You win
Which was your favourite?

Slingshot I think. The Gil Parris was the most versatile guitar I’ve ever played, literally did everything. And honourable mention to the Club King 290, bought it off Dave in NP and had a Les Trem installed. Really cool guitars. If I got them now I’d have kept a number, but was in the middle of my great guitar quest so moved them on to replace with the next ‘must try’.

TmcB · Post by **TmcB** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 5:52 pm

Had a Buckshot, Roundhouse, and Warhawk.

Roundhouse was an LP but couldn’t get low enough action.
Warhawk is like the love child of a strat and a p90 Gibson. Pretty cool guitar.

Of all, I’d have the buckshot back.

Olderama · Post by **Olderama** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 6:41 pm

I remember having a p90 variant and it was ok
I do like the look of this
https://www.rockshop.co.nz/shop/reveren ... ckups.html

Must say I'm tempted

sizzlingbadger · Post by **sizzlingbadger** » Fri Jan 01, 2021 7:27 am

I'd consider selling my Revstar for one of these...

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mr_sooty · Post by **mr_sooty** » Fri Jan 01, 2021 2:55 pm

One thing is that while the Wilkinson trem is fantastic, some of the metal on it is a bit soft and I've had one of the pivot posts and one of the hex screws that lock down the saddles crack. I'm wondering if the VS100 is a direct replacement for the VS50 and whether it would be slightly better quality metal being a more expensive version. Again when this happened Ken sent me new parts from the states. I must be his favorite customer.

Also, both DAW guitars I had were beautifully setup with very good quality fretwork, but there was a difference with the fretboard edges. The first one had really nicely rolled edges, whereas on the second one it looks more like a bevel, where they've plained off the fretboard edges but neglected to round them properly. It's a minor gripe though. It's still my favorite guitar. I love the range of tones. The bass roll off makes the P90 sound like a single coil and the humbucker sound like a mini humbucker, kind of like a filtertron or something. It can be fat and ballsy or sweet and chimey. Mine has ceramic pickups, more recent ones have alnico. I haven't tried the Alnico version but I've never once wanted to change the pickups in mine, I don't want to mess with it. The bass contour takes care of any 'ceramic-ness', makes the pickups sound sweet and musical. And they're perfectly balanced.

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